# Red Lake Airport (YRL)

> Red Lake, CA · IATA: YRL · ICAO: CYRL · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YRL` |
| ICAO | `CYRL` |
| City | Red Lake |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 386 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 51.06690, -93.79310 |

## Description

Perishables, frozen food, general freight and bulk fuel make up the daily workload at Red Lake Airport (YRL), a supply point rather than a passenger destination. Wasaya Airways runs one of its main freight bases here, flying essential goods to more than 25 First Nations communities across northwestern Ontario that have no year-round road access. Cargo arrives by truck from the south, is staged at Red Lake and then loaded onto turboprops bound for settlements such as Bearskin Lake, Fort Severn and Kasabonika Lake, with deliveries at least five days a week. The municipally owned field sits roughly 550 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. Red Lake also anchors one of Canada's richest gold-mining districts, adding mining and resupply traffic to the mix. A provincial Ministry of Natural Resources base and busy helicopter activity round out operations. For freight forwarders, YRL is a genuine cargo node, though strictly at the scale of remote-community resupply rather than international freighter throughput.

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